FLINT, MI -- Officials with Flint Community Schools have agreed to pay former superintendent Bilal Tawwab a lump sum payment as part of a separation agreement he reached with the district.

The voluntary separation and release of claim agreement obtained by MLive-The Flint Journal through a Freedom of Information Act request shows a $97,500 lump sum to be paid out to Tawwab.

Tawwab resigned effective April 13, approximately one month after he was placed on paid administrative leave along with former assistant superintendent Shawn Merriweather and general counsel Gwendolyn A. de Jongh.

Merriweather and de Jongh both submitted letters of resignation, effective at the end of the 2017-18 school year.

Tawwab had informed district officials in early February that he would not seek to renew his contract following the 2018-19 school year, prior to his resignation.

He was selected for the job in July 2015 after serving as an assistant superintendent at Detroit Public Schools prior to moving to Flint to take over for Larry Watkins, who served on an interim basis for two-and-a-half years before stepping down.

Tawwab was rated "ineffective" in his review for the 2016-17 school year, according to documents obtained by MLive-The Flint Journal.

"Superintendent refused to sign when given this document on January 30, 2018," wrote Board of Education President Diana Wright in the only written comment made on the evaluation.

She declined to offer a statement on the former superintendent's performance.

Wright declined comment on the separation agreement, noting "The board is unable to discuss this matter publicly as personnel issues are private."

"At this point in time, the Flint Community Schools Board of Education is steadfastly focused on its search for the District's next leader to achieve its primary objective -- improving student achievement," she added.

The agreement for Tawwab also offers COBRA health benefits through the district until year's end for Tawwab and states Flint schools "will respond with a neutral letter of reference, indicating his dates of service and positions held" in response to inquiries from potential future employers.

Board members voted March 14 to appoint Gregory Weatherspoon as the interim superintendent and Durant-Tuuri Mott Elementary School principal Shelly Umphrey to the assistant superintendent role.